Neoma lightly nudged Aella with her foot. “Hey. Wake up.” 714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiddSKCpNy3
Aella twitched and yawned. “Mm?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwaPwlGdCv
"Come on. Or I will flip you into a pool of water." She nudged her again.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7WTtAR4yf
Aella’s eyes flashed open. “I’m up!”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFyvYNE5P1
"Except we have no water around," Luna pointed out.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjKDwUpEwt
"…" Aella looked around. As Luna said, not so much as a puddle in their immediate area. "Oh."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zrXHnq5Rl
Luna giggled. “You’ll learn when and when not to fall for her tricks.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdkyZeQDQi
Neoma shrugged, getting up on her horse. “Don’t eat too much, we need that food.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJkSVNx4a2
Aella laughed along with Luna, and slowly got up. Wow, she was sore…714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbp1XfZYkjk
Luna paused in her laughter. “But….but I wanna go hunting,” she whined.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8NRSd7DDx
"Luna, what can you catch out here?"714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOjckWQELf
Aella looked at them curiously. She wasn’t quite sure what they were talking about… did Luna know how to hunt? Aella’s dad did, but her mom said it wasn’t ladylike. Luna was a lady though…714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2dLK2Mgm4
"Um…."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwR97Yz6j58
"Exactly." 714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3TZMEa01D
Aella pulled herself up onto her horse. “Didn’t know you hunted.~”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZVSSV9qc5
Luna grinned and nodded, flashing her pointed teeth. That made sense, didn’t it… She had only JUST held Luna as a fluffy cat, and cats hunted. Encouraged by this, Aella continued. “Is it fun?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdd8WgxLxS
"Yes!" She giggled, going into her cat form. Aella hummed happily, though she wished she could pet her friend again. Her fur was so SOFT!714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuNfGcXAf0
Neoma stared ahead, tilting her head to the side for a second. Aella didn’t bother questioning the gesture, and went ahead with her questioning.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXXckSa6QJ
"How far do you think we’ll get today?~"714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugy1ldT6hJ
The elemental shrugged, looking down at the shadowy horse.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviMW6l5kSN
 She let it drop and started humming absently, gazing up at the sky.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9NNPFinGM
"….What do you want to know?" Neoma finally asked, after about 20 minutes of silence.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIapsYA0Vv
"I wanna know a lot of stuff!" she said enthusiastically. Neoma was actually OFFERING to answer her questions? This was wonderful!714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FI51nbQie
"Well, ask away."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4RIsaTSAv
"Okay. Do you have any other powers besides the shadow horse thing? Does Luna, besides turning into the most adorable cat ever? What’s your favorite thing to do? Do you like traveling like this?"714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEHmGSghLz
"Of course. Shadow is an elemental power. One of the strongest. Most people who have shadow powers are rather…creative, and work well with illusions." She blinked, then said a bit slower, "No, Luna is a familiar, do you know what that is? I like a lot of things, and no, I prefer shadows, but that’s a one person thing. My second favorite would be wolfback."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQla4E8Ynaz
"Can I see some of your other powers sometime? And no, don’t know what a familiar is. Can you name one of the things you like?"714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjxFTBt13U
"I guess. She assists with my fighting, magic, and so on. And no."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡST96NOmSFn
Aella made a face at the last one. “Aw.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQYbclSXsA
"What else?" Neoma finally looked over at her, and her face brightened further at this.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGKIgnTk9Y
She thought for a moment. “Have you ever just helped someone like this before? And how much do you know about shapeshifters like Cináed, anyway?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTV8Wa6dalO
 She glanced over at Luna. “Yes. Not a lot.” 714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupgGwMwCAC
Aella tipped her head. “What DO you know?” she wondered. 714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0SrIB0IRs
"The name implies a lot. And I guess silver hurts them?"714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaapAFRTfI
"And some other stuff," Aella said a bit absently. "I’m not sure which, exactly… I only know snatches of it from Cináed. I try not to, though, he scares me." She didn’t like when she caught pieces of his thoughts. They were always mean… were ALL shapeshifters like that? She hoped not.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAAguvnG1w
 Neoma nodded. “Anything else?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWWb5Jy1u7
Aella hesitated. “Why are we going to France?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpadgQ7Jea7
"So Luna and I can go home."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZnBusXUil
"Is your home that way?"714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOpPPcX5R4
"Hm…you can say that." Neoma frowned. "…Well. Have you heard of these things… they’re called dimension ties."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7NJanKiES
"… huh?" Her expression went completely blank, and her mind matched.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOKJNzw5U2
"That’s what we call them, I don’t know your word for it." She patted her horse for a second.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpu6sAaBYM
 ”What exactly are they?” she asked, utterly confused.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6CxT8W7V0
 ”You don’t think this is the only plane of existence, do you?” The elemental raised an eyebrow, looking off to the side. A part of Aella did wonder why she didn’t like making eye contact… maybe she was shy, or worried, or sad. Oh well, she would be more cheerful eventually!~ Aella liked making people happy, a room full of happy people was always the best kind.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScViK5uSJX
Oh, she was zoning out. Not that what Neoma was saying made much sense, but it was rude to stop listening!714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRMSooRVME
 ”…Earth. Do you think it’s the only place with life forms?!”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc01ptxQKvp
 ”There’s more places besides Earth?” Now she was excited by the thought of places like that, ones she’d never heard of. “Is that why you wouldn’t tell me where you were from?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6KnTuJkS6
 She nodded. “Yeah, part of it.” Luna looked up, tilting her head for a moment, then gave a purr, making Aella inwardly squeal.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihhDeOsrS9
"Will I ever get the chance to see it?"714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31eTxO8c9d
"You might," She looked up, "if we ever GET THERE."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHDyXivpZ2
 ”Yay!~”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKFM5KG4yo
 Neoma paused again, sitting sideways on her horse. “So besides shapeshifter and all that funstuff,” (she rolled her eyes at the word fun), “what was your life like?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuCs0mVd0n
 ”Mm?” Aella looked over at her. “Pretty normal, I guess. Middle-class family, lived in a pretty coastal town in England…”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4O6QjfaLe
  “…. Middle class….” She tilted her head a little, like she had no idea what she was talking about. “You were poor, then?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIDM5eDGTJ
 Aella giggled. “No, we weren’t poor. We just didn’t have as much money as all the really rich people, like the royalty.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1jDDLRjOR
  “Oh.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYelyTF5oaT
 ”Mhm.” Aella smiled absently and returned to stroking her horse.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYa1MFDtFIW
  She let out a soft breath, still keeping her eyes on Luna. After awhile, she bit her lip and finally tore her eyes from the cat, only to let them fall to her lap. “Sorry.” It sounded a bit forced, not like something that normally came out of her mouth. 714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUf4J81OAB
 ”… huh?” Aella looked back over at her. What could she possibly be apologizing for? They were both being so nice to her…714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7I6jX2upX
"I’m not good with people." She shrugged. "So, sorry."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1VgifsXe8
  “You don’t need to be sorry,” Aella said with a slight smile. Not good with people… well, that would have to be fixed, wouldn’t it?714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIk9vHQiFEv
  She nodded, looking to the side again. “… Thanks.” Aella just grinned at her new friend.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxSwPFeG4T
 After a while, Luna seemed to get a bit bored, and she started to dash off….only to have Neoma call her back. Aella giggled a little, and Luna tilted her head. Then she gave a slight cat-like growl when she was forced onto Neoma’s  horse.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQNvgMP2ul
 ”I’m boooored,” Aella drawled after a minute or so.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3RMacsJll
 Neoma looked up. “What do you want to do then?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOcl85S7DQ
  She gave the question some serious thought. “Dunno. What’s there to do?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6lBV9m1ud
 ”We are riding on horses. What IS THERE to do?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW18q6dz3m5
  “…. Dunno?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmR3GgTPEod
 She grumbled a bit, then sighed. “I dont know, either.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKkXNhRK81
 ”Aww.” Aella sighed. “So we’re gonna be bored until we get somewhere?” That sounded… boring.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKskf41uKn
 ”I think so. Yeah.” Neoma glared at Luna, who was trying to hop off the horse.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjwL8y4o3i
 Aella groaned and thunked her head dramatically on the horse’s neck (said horse just snorted). This could take FOREVER!714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5tnr0XjYc
  “Oh, calm down, its not that bad.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCbHaV3Pkl
  “… Fine.” She pouted.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuestYcgeDw
Neoma looked off to the side, following along the road, while Aella started humming quietly to herself. Neoma watched the other, then looked away.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4R0Kw0G5h
 It wasn’t long before Aella was shifting restlessly again.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0PuM8j65L
"You’re bored again, aren’t you?" Neoman had shifted postions by then, laying with her arms around the horse’s neck.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbzyofnNEA
"Maaaybe."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbt0f8tb05Z
 ”It’s in your body language. You’re acting fidgety, so either you’re nervous or bored.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhds5Bci1u
  “… Okay, bored.” Wow, Neoma was smart!714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCl9ZE0BRUe
 She rolled her eyes. “Well, you can continue to ask questions, I guess. It’s almost sunset, give it an hour or two.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KfKS8ajqR
  “Okay~”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrdWbl1DPn
After a long drawn out silence, Neoma stated, “At least France and England aren’t at war?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29VVzYhW5m
 ”That wouldn’t be fun,” she agreed.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lrgvG91g5
"War isnt an easy thing, no matter your social status."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jiN28I776
 Aella shook her head with a slight frown. “Mom says it’s really awful.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQwjkGaAgy
 She looked ahead. “England and France go to war a lot, dont they?” She asked this quickly, glancing aside.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pKwpfCGkN
  She nodded. “Yeah… why?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiUVLtLN4y
 ”Just making sure I was right.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMmzeTeXj9
  “Oh.~ Well, you are!”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRv7iBQhNfJ
 Neoma looked at the girl. “We need to blend in with the locals, though.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jqYerSscd
  She frowned. “Um… Okay. How exactly do we do that?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEavThWwzTQ
 ”Fashion.” Neoma had a hint of a smirk on her face, and tilted her head a bit. “Which is ALWAYS fun…”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZprnfnj8u
  “I know!~”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8qnbsCn6i
 ”That was sarcasm, nuts for brains.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaoVBxnrmo
  “… It was? But fashion IS fun,” Aella said matter-of-factly. How could Neoma think otherwise? That just didn’t make sense.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHUB4bGQ0l
 ”Not Earth fashion.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8hTDTTCbw
  “Uh-huh,” she said stubbornly. 714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDJHmem7SQ
 ”I much prefer my world’s fashion. Less skirt-y.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmFPabKhdO
  “Skirts are nice.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppuzURwwPl
 ”Ugh, nope.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Hab4SZ8IS
  “Yep!~”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5UV6ASKQo
 ”No, pants and shorts are much more convenient and comfortable.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6oa3eGb2t
  “But skirts and dresses are prettier.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiisyshXdI
 ”And?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5m0DcXvuo
  “And what?” Aella blinked. 714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKbyL8aFcY
 ”What use is looking pretty if you can’t do anything while you do?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbub3B00nz
  “Who says you have to do anything that might ruin your clothes while you look pretty?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJ64opPE2z
 ”Because nothing fun comes out of it!”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYA6MCPv7lu
  “It’s fun to be pretty!”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqGFPRpadh
 ”I’d rather not.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFaP60HJmI
  “That’s too bad, then. I like looking pretty.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgEvtFU6Ad
"And I really don’t care."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHvfjWqF5R
  Aella pouted, and Neoma gave a sly grin.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jEry0WRav
  “… Won’t you have to wear a dress to blend in, though?” The girl suddenly questioned.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BKpkIZFIc
 ”Shit.” She groaned, hitting her head on the horse’s neck.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIqkAO5Ubf
Aella laughed. “Shut up.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYvHJhDmbg
  “Sorry…”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmwZOKaZdN
 She gave some sort of odd hand signal, not raising her head.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfbx64KMRJ
  Aella was still grinning a bit. “I do think you’ll look pretty in a dress, though.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiQAVpp9TY
 ”I don’t… like dresses….”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXuUVBrQAB
  “It’ll be alright… they’re not THAT bad.~”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLn3pQm8ulS
 ”This is coming from Miss Happy-Cheery.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjac2Kluj3A
  Aella just grinned wider.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpU7sdYpTI
 ”Not a compliment.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbZP3gyuSw
  “Sounds like one to me.~”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDdu6KY3KZ
 ”Well, it isn’t.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PBe3EKNEC
  “Why not? Isn’t being happy and cheerful a good thing?” How confusing.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQBbNFhZKA
 ”To you, maybe.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUAKV7vF9w
  “Why not to you?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQlgvOINGC
 ”I get annoyed easily.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXxiTVxFEc
  “… Oh. You should work on that.” How could you be happy if you got annoyed so easily? Maybe THAT was why Neoma seemed so grumpy…714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLl8koL47gS
 ”…” Neoma finally raised her head, glaring at her.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbMj1nZejd
  Aella went silent for a moment. Oops. “Sorry.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxkNjfC0er
 ”No, no…”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvA3bPzVDR
  She gave her a confused look, and Neoma made that hand gesture again. Aella blinked, then looked away to her horse.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhnbJdGEUY
  *     *     *     *     *714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxakJeukps
  Neoma poked a small fire with stick, staying near its heat. “Okay, so do you like fish, by any chance?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoewxZYksu
   Aella nodded, brightening considerably. “I like pretty much all seafood.~”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFj14Dv3oy
  “The next town is a seaside town…” She poked it again, her hand moving over to the fruit.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlvIFQP3HY
   ”Oh, yay!~” Towns on the coast were her favorite! Like her home.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EorWXfQ3W
  Neoma looked at the girl again. “How old are you?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzpOO4nsLP
   ”Fifteen, why?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfrEUEG7aK
  “Hmm.” She gazed into the fire, then looked to the side. “In your years, I’m 19.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIR9IEglT6p
   ”My years?” Aella tipped her head curiously. Were her years special or something? Maybe they were longer. Or really short. Or…714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtq8m9ZmKj
  “Human.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1AVsaNpQo
   Oh. “What kind of years do you use? And how old are you in those?”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZW21PhAocb
  “For my species, years are nothing. I’m much older in that time.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ygOMxKFFF
   ”Wow…” Neoma didn’t look old, but it sounded like she was ancient!714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhewQ6a5xVH
  She nodded slowly.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJw4xU0Pinx
   ”What about Luna?” Aella wondered.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSHxNiQV4O
  “Luna is sixteen.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwaHrfdbEW
   ”Oh.~” Almost the same age as herself!714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIg2sJAP7w
  She nodded again, sliding over the basket. Aella poked around inside it and pulled out a tasty-looking fruit.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5wev46jUZ
  When Aella looked back to Neoma, she was playing with shadows, making little figures out of the darkness. She watched her interestedly as the elemental’s hand rose up, dragging a shadow with it. After a pause, she changed the shape into a sphere, then pushed it into the fire. To Aella’s surprise, it began to burn.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7T2GmrKo3b
   ”Shadows can burn?” Aella piped up curiously.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWA1wR24y1
  “When they turn into something physical, yes.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGAaL2tvHU
   ”… huh.” Whatever that meant.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DnbWtnfKv
  “You see…” She lifted another shadow, starting to form it into something. “The ability to change an object’s property normally needs to melt, heat up, or freeze. But if you can change something that doesn’t even exist in a different property, then…” She started to make a point on it. “It becomes part of the element, MADE out of the element.” She threw the object into the other’s lap, a small black dagger the height of the her hand.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPF8hGu4Qeq
  “You can’t melt it, you can’t freeze it. It’s forced to stay THAT element until changed by someone who can control the element itself.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9QEqy7yy4
   ”… um, okay,” Aella said uncertainly. She supposed it at least made sense to Neoma, and that was important… The dagger resting in her hands was simple, dull and not decorated. After a few moments, it misted out of her hand, startling her, and dripped off it into the shadows. Then it was back into Neoma’s hand.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjV9bU47pb
"Woah…" The blonde stared as it got a shadowy look again, and Neoma used her fingernail to start carving something into it. 714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWSzHpUVkx
"It’s made of shadows, it can’t be anything but. Therefore you need to solidfy, liquefy, or make it into a gas like a shadow, or just leave it a shadow."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ480folIqNw
   ”… Uh huh..?” Aella’s head was spinning by then, absolutely confused. She really DID try to pay attention, but…714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSp5sYgTk6Q
  Neoma glanced up at the other with a soft sigh. “Okay, the idiot version. Now imagine that I threw this into the fire.” She held up the knife. “It will heat up, yes, but at which point would it melt? It wouldn’t.” She made the shadow become solid in her hands. “But say that I had…” She dipped her hand into a shadow, cupping them and pulling it up. “A liquid shadow. It won’t freeze and become solid. It also won’t become a gas. It’s going to stay a liquid.” She let it fall back into the shadows, picking up the knife again.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbxcE4Rgqq
   ”But… why?” she asked, trying to sort all of this information out.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6g3AeG4IY
  “It’s only a shadow, Aella.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdRjwXyioz
   ”Okay..”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwHr1X1xMw
  “But when you’re really powerful, you can practically turn them into a weapon. Now, it won’t work against some things, but against elements that are the opposite of mine…” A ton of pin-like shadows rose around Neoma, disappearing a bit in the dark and showing in the light of the fire. “… or humans, ‘cause no offense, but your kind are easy to hurt…” She let the pins drop. “It becomes a weapon.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoPPMdGlV3
   ”Oh.” That, at least, seemed to make a little more sense…714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqKkrDrrwx
  Neoma grabbed the knife, holding it up. “Your shifter friend, it probably won’t hurt like this. It won’t hurt me, either, seeing as I did make it.” She pressed the tip of the blade to her palm and pushed down, but instead of stabbing through, it only flattened into her hand, spreading out in a circle.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoukH9ELMEV
   ”Wow… that’s really neat.” Aella’s eyes were wide.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaSp8xzNPW
  She moved next to the girl, grabbing her arm and pressing the blade to it. It wasn’t enough to draw blood, but enough to prove a point. “For you, any harder would break skin, but for me, not even a chance.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDsgsLAFB5
   ”Wow… that must be neat.” Aella felt a little stinging sensation where the sharp edge met skin, but there wasn’t a drop of blood.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlj7KagWsa9
Neoma nodded. “I can also…” She dropped the knife, holding both her hands up and raising a thin sheet of shadow in an almost misty effect. “Try punching through it.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnUDivNqsp
"Just… punch it?" Aella tipped her head.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXAvsi3Oem
  “Not too hard, just proving a point here.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlVtMd8KjV
   ”A-Alright.” Aella aimed a light punch at it (okay, a REALLY light punch). It seemed to solidify as she hit it. “Oh, wow.” She pulled back her fist, watching as it returned to a a misty look when there was no longer pressure against it. “That’s really cool.”714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpg1Dg8kG8
"Now, let’s say someone with a light ability or weapon attacked it? It would break through. On the other hand, if I attacked a light shield with my shadow, I’d break that."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqk4VPRpT4K
"Huh."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJSwowh3P8
She nodded. “Fire might crack it.” She pushed down the shield, looking at the shadow ball still sitting in the fire.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpbx4pj1Uo
 Aella blinked. “Huh,” she repeated.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1r7e6MKaL
"Now, if you got your hands on a light weapon, you could break it too. A fire one would probably burn your hand, though…"714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLspBXTF3Uo
"That’s really interesting.~" Aella hummed, gazing into the fire and the black pit in its center.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBeBdMahvY
Neoma nodded, looking at the sky. “The stars here are weird,” she stated unexpectedly.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9llzRMgIw
"Weird how?" Aella looked at her, blinking.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckzJqNbiSQ
"Not in the same places." She shook her head.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJLpmdsAv6
"So it’s different in your world, huh… I’d like to see how they look there."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZ3OoUUCQh
She nodded, closing her eyes. It didn’t seem likely that she would answer any more questions, and was clearly done with her explanation… Aella sighed and let her eyes flicker shut as she realized just how tired she was.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzi9XXNzyKq
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